The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-18
The Creole Lady.
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Exchange,
 The ariStoera,ic Creole lady Is often a model tnr the imitation of her SIX, She k an ohoiien, and respectful daughter, a faithful wife and de voted mother, She iS sot( of Spe<Sh and has grace of manner which gives charm Ia all she does, We'll educated and accomplished, writes a New Or leans correspondent, with keen wit she makes brilliant figure in society, but iS, nevertheless, an excellent manager of her household and gives most careful supervision to every detail that will enhance the comfort of her lord. She looks diligently after the phy>i- cal ami intellectual welfare of her children; especially are her daughters trained under her own eyes In all that goes to make woman lovely in mind and person. Their tasks for school are connect bv her side. their music les sons are practiccNl within her hearing, that she may detect the least talse note. She sharr> in all their amusements: she k their companion, their contidant, their friend. They come Ia her with all their little hopes and fears, snrV of her sympathy.
 When her daughter i> grown the Creole matron blooms again into rich second youth; her own girlhoed l. re- newol in that of child; they arc scarcely mother and daughter any longer, but pair of loving sisters The young girl is educated in Il convent and leads d secluded existence until she is launched in society, and then ill the joyous life that bursts upon her ! she iS always surrounded hy the S,mc i watchtul care that guarded her child hood. Young girls are not allowed ia go into society without hcing aeeom- panied hv their mothers or some other married lady aS chaptron--om ot. tht many Creole customs which has been generally adopted by the AmericaU residents of New Orleans.
 j These young girls are often wonder ! fully bcautituls. Good features. hand- some eyes and graceful figures eom- bine tn make them. very attractive their beauty being not inircqucntly Oriental in type. though the vivacitN
  tially French in character, Many Creole women are very accomplished They have a skill in music and paint ing that i> often artistic.
 In the literary clubs which society women have mauguratcd of hic wears in New Orleans, the American lad ics have brcn astonish@l to find the Creole ladies quite as well posted n' thcm>clVc> in English literature while possessing Il much greater knowledge of the literature oi other countries. But an accom- plishment still more attractive to the impccunious young man seek ing matrimony is the exquisite taste with which these maidens fair will fashion their own gowns and bon nets when circumstances require them to make these things at home. The Creole women have inherited their French taste for dress. and in greater degree than other Americans they re- gard the fiat of Paris as the supreme authority for all matters concerning the toilet. The Creole women of all ages and of all classes are devout. Neither social engagements nor wealth CT nor other obstacles are allowed to interfere with the discharge of their religious duties. Are they not some what superstitious? Some of them q little SO perhaps in remembrance of voudoo stories told them in their in- fancy by old negro nurses.